Veszter Gábor: Villas in Budapest. From the compromise of 1867 to the beginning of World War II - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1997)

No. 36/B Budakeszi út, the former Villa Rosa (probably József Hild, 1847) was not built in conformity with the neo-Classical style following Palladian tradition, but was based on a semicircle of purest romantic spirit. Its loggia covered by a triple vault performed the same function as the columned verandas of the classicist summer residences as a cool and breezy complement to the living rooms. The Kochmeister Villa (Frigyes Feszi, 1852), at No. 71 in the same street, exemplifies a new trend, for it is a two-storey house. Its general arrangement is also symmetric, and also provides an airy front-structure in the form of a two-storey wooden veranda. In so-called Swiss-style buildings, of which the Kochmeister Villa is an example, wood plays a very important part as a building material. The carefully carved columns supporting the veranda and the delicately laced balcony railings and window frames were not common in Hungary and could in general only be seen on temporary buildings. In Hungary, Swiss-style architecture was almost exclusively linked to summer residencies.

The character of No. 12 Városligeti fasor, the former Wechselmann Villa (Emil CInger, 1870-71), was, unlike its predecessors, most definitely neo-Renaissance. Notwithstanding its loftier dimensions, it was certainly designed

The particularity of the former Wechselmann Villa resided in the impressive size of its single-arched loggia linking ground and first floor. It was transformed (and the arch bricked in) in 1905 and today houses the Ráth György Museum.

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